Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-22

crowd Saturday and hanged from a beam
in the courtroom.
A violent wind and rain storm struck
New York city and Brooklyn about noon
Sunday and did good deal of damage.
Several boats were capsized in the har-
Dor. Nine lives are reported lost.
The commissioner of patents has re-
fused to register a trademark for distilled
spirits in which the words "knights of
Labor or "k. of L." distillery appear,
on the ground that it is a deception.
Gov. Hills friends are again pushing
his claims on the Democratic nomination
for President in ISIS. They base their
arguments on the recent mistakes of Mr..
Cleveland and the growing Labor party.
Moritz Bullowa, prominent merchant
and real estate dealer of New \ Ork, was
drowned in Salisbury creek, Orange
county. y. Y. last Sunday while trying
to save his two sons from similar fate.
The Cotocheset House at Osterville,
Cape Cod, was burned early Sunday
morning. The house was filed with
summer boarders. but they all escaped
unframed The loss on the hotel is
about S25,0 900.
EX-Alderman McCabe of New York,
who is under indictment for bribery in the
Broadway railroad matter, is believed
to have gone to Canada. Though adiud-
ged lullatic. he has remained at large
under bail of $4,000.
The treasury department has given the
Canadian Pacific road the privilege of
shipping goods through the L ited States
in bond, thereby handicapping the Amer
lean transcontinental lines. which are
subject to the restrictions of the inter-
state commerce law.
Emperor William has sent $1,000 to the
family of each of the five members of
| the Life Saving crew who were drowned
/ last January while endeavoring to save
the men on German ship stranded on
the Virginia coast he also sent a valua-
BILE gold watch to each of the two sur
vivors of the brave crew.
Prohibition on the stump eXcites much
| feeling in Texas. DR.. j. +. Ewes was
delivering a speech at Wellborn the other
evening in favor of the proposed amend
ment, when his opponent i'll debate. W.
+. Farquhar. became so incensed that he
fired his pistol at Ewes. The latter cool
ly continued his harangue as though
nothing had happened.
At Chicago Saturday a horrible acci-
dent occurred at the Union steel works,
by which three men are likely to die.
The men were pouring hot iron into Il
large mold that was damp when it eX-
ploded, and the metal scared them dread
fully. Two of the injured are Poles and
the third a Hungarian. y number of 9th
ers were less seriously burned.
A. B. Hill, vice-president of the New
York stock exchange. died suddenly
Friday noon in a fit of apopleXy. He
had only a few minutes before assembled
the platform of the exchange to announce
the death of NJ. +. DeRivas, member.
when he was taken with Il sudden weak
ness. Friends assisted him to the main
entrance. but he had Just passed the
stairs leading to the door when he
expired.
Fletcher, town in Kalkaska county,
Mich, reports remarkable rat story
The body of workingman was found in
the woods there sunday partly eaten W
by rats. The man who found the body
had to fight for his life. Swarms of big
rats beset him sorely He killed many
of them but finally had to flee pursued
by the animals. which clung to him and
bit him savagely. 1t i supposed the
workingman had been killed by the rats
y Vrulent type or ntlX, with sOmt
symptoms of cholera, which is epidemic
around Eversonville Mo-, in the north
eastern part of Livingston county and
northwest Linn county, battles the physi-
clans. \ large number of children are
down with it and - or 20 deaths have re-
suited. One physician treated - cases
Monday. Neighboring doctors have
gone to the rescue. The afflicted section
is almost demoraliZed and panic pre-
walls.
The town of Paramount. 10 miles south
of Marion, Ind, was startled by Il terrific
explosion just after midnight Saturday
morning. The entire population turned
out and seemed to know just where to
locate the disaster The building rented
by Ira Smith and to have been occupied
by him Saturday, and the adjoining
building, owned by A. f. Bryant, were
wrecked and in flames. There is not the
slightest doubt the buildings were blown
up by dynamite. Paramount is a Quaker
town and has never had a saloon. Re.
Gently Ira Smith was granted a license
by the commissioners and was prepared
to move in his stock Saturday. Thurs
day night meeting of Paramount citizens
was held and resolution was adopted
that no saloon should ever be established
in that village.